The Facts: The NFL’s investigation of Hill continues, with the NFL finally speaking directly to Hill. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Hill currently is meeting in Kansas City with NFL Special Counsel for Investigations Lisa Friel as part of the league’s review of multiple potential violations of the Personal Conduct Policy by Hill. Jennifer Gaffney, who works with Friel, also is present.
Diehards Line:
Despite a report that multiple interviews of Hill will occur, PFT's Mike Florio reports the expectation is that only one interview will happen in Kansas City. If/when the NFL determines that Hill should be punished, Hill would travel to New York to meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell. As Florio's source explained it, issues currently on the table include the recorded comments made by Hill to Crystal Espinal (“you need to be terrified of me too, bitch”), discipline of Hill’s three-year-old son that may have crossed the line, and the circumstances that resulted in the child being removed from the custody of Hill and Espinal. After the audio of Hill’s comments emerged, the Chiefs and Hill agreed that he would stop attending offseason workouts. Training camp opens on July 23; while Hill possibly will be present, a suspension could become effective after the preseason ends. Hovering over the entire situation is Hill’s history of violence against Espinal. With three different possible violations and the aggravating circumstances arising from his past behavior, Hill could still be facing a lengthy suspension.